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CSS grid-template-areas Property

The grid-template-areas property is used to refer to the name when setting up the grid layout. You can name grid items by using the grid-area property. Each area is defined by apostrophes.

Some property extensions are added, such as -webkit- for Safari, Google Chrome, and Opera (newer versions), -moz- for Firefox, -o- for older versions of Opera, etc.

Initial Value auto
Applies to Grid containers.
Inherited No.
Animatable Yes. Items are animatable.
Version CSS Grid Layout Module Level 1
DOM Syntax object.style.gridTemplateAreas = ''item1 item1 . .'' ''item1 item1 . .'';

Syntax

grid-template-areas: none | itemnames | initial | inherit;

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      .box1 { grid-area: header; }
      .box2 { grid-area: menu; }
      .box3 { grid-area: main; }
      .box4 { grid-area: right; }
      .box5 { grid-area: footer; }
      .grid-container {
      display: grid;
      grid-template-areas:
      'header header header header header header'
      'menu main main main right right'
      'menu footer footer footer footer footer';
      grid-gap: 10px;
      background-color: #ccc;
      padding: 10px;
      }
      .grid-container > div {
      background-color: #eee;
      text-align: center;
      padding: 20px 0;
      font-size: 30px;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Grid-template-areas property example</h2>
    <div class="grid-container">
      <div class="box1">Header</div>
      <div class="box2">Menu</div>
      <div class="box3">Main</div>
      <div class="box4">Right</div>
      <div class="box5">Footer</div>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

In this example, "item1" name is given to the grid item:

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      .box {
      grid-area: item1;
      }
      .grid-container {
      display: grid;
      grid-template: "item1 item1 . . .";
      grid-gap: 10px;
      background-color: #ccc;
      padding: 10px;
      }
      .grid-container > div {
      background-color: #eee;
      text-align: center;
      padding: 30px 0;
      font-size: 20px;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Grid-template property example</h2>
    <div class="grid-container">
      <div class="box">1</div>
      <div>2</div>
      <div>3</div>
      <div>4</div>
      <div>5</div>
      <div>6</div>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

Values

Value Description
none No named grid areas will be defined.This is the default value of this property.
itemnames A sequence which specifies the display of each column and row.
initial Makes the property use its default value.
inherit Inherits the property from its parents element.

Browser support
57.0+ 16.0+ 52.0+ 10.1+ 44.0+

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